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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brag \Brag\, v. t.
To boast of [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brag \Brag\, n.
1. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or
self glorification.
C[ae]sar . . . made not here his brag Of ``came,''
and ``saw,'' and ``overcame.'' --Shak.
2. The thing which is boasted of
Beauty is Nature's brag. --Milton.
3. A game at cards similar to bluff. --Chesterfield.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brag \Brag\, a. [See {Brag}, v. i.]
Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
[Archaic]
A brag young fellow. --B. Jonson
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brag \Brag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bragged}; p. pr & vb n.
{Bragging}.] [OE. braggen to resound, blow, boast (cf. F.
braguer to lead a merry life, flaunt, boast, OF brague
merriment), from Icel. braka to creak, brak noise, fr the
same root as E. break; properly then, to make a noise, boast.
?{95}.]
To talk about one's self or things pertaining to one's self
in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder;
to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of as to
brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great
things one intends to do
Conceit, more rich in matter than in words Brags of
his substance, not of ornament. --Shak.
Syn: To swagger; boast; vapor; bluster; vaunt; flourish; talk
big
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brag \Brag\, adv
Proudly; boastfully. [Obs.] --Fuller.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
brag
adj : (informal) exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry";
"his brag cornfield" [syn: {boss}]
n : an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his
fight" [syn: {bragging}, {crow}, {crowing}, {vaporing}, {line-shooting}]
v : show off [syn: {boast}, {tout}, {swash}, {shoot a line}, {gas},
{blow}, {bluster}, {vaunt}, {gasconade}]
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